Western Maryland College Rotogravure Highlights History and Plans
The article previews a rotogravure on Western Maryland College at Westminster Maryland featuring early figures and the 1920 presidency of Albert Norman Ward. It notes the 1867 opening, 1903 building expansion, and a campus praised for beauty. It also outlines a goal of 500 boarding students and a ten year plan for five million dollars in resources to support growth.
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Western Maryland College
Westminster
Albert Norman Ward
Western Maryland
College Hill
Mason+Dixon line
Undertaker W F Dodson Moves to Hanover Area
Mr. W F Dodson, an undertaker, has moved to the Hanover area. Mrs. Dodson assists him in the business. Dodson lived four years in Mt Holly Springs and previously practiced in Wilkes Barre.
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W. F. Dodson
Notice of First and Final Account for John Wagner Fund
The York Trust Company of York Pennsylvania trustee for John Franklin Wagner under the will of John Wagner has filed its First and Final Account in Adams County Orphans Court. It will be presented for confirmation and allowance on Monday June 20, 1932 at 10 30 a m unless exceptions are filed. Clerk of the Orphans Court 1941 Cc F Palmer.
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York Trust Company
York
John Franklin Wagner
John Wagner
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Orphans’ Court
Cc. F. Palmer
Administrator's Notice for Annie Elizabeth Ginter Estate
Letters of Administration granted to Francis L. Martin for Annie Elizabeth Ginter of Oxford Township Adams County Pennsylvania. Debts should be paid promptly and claims presented. Attorney J L Williams Gettysburg Pa. 5 5 61.
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Annie Elizabeth Ginter
Oxford Township
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Francis L. Martin
R. R
New Oxford
Penna
J. L. Williams
Gettysburg
McKinney Will Sets Up Hanover Trust Fund For Disabled Children
John I. McKinney's 1930 will creates a perpetual fund to aid physically infirm or crippled children of Catholic parentage in Hanover and nearby, funded by $5,000 personal property and $5,000 real estate. Executor Rev James A Huber to manage with priests Burke and McElwee as needed. Beneficiaries include Katherine Fink and St Josephs cemetery trustees.
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Hanover
John I. McKinney
James A. Huber
St. Joseh’s Catholic Church
Society For the Propagation of Faith
William J. Burke
Chambersburg
Mark P. McElwee
Shamokin
Katherine Fink
Leander Muntz
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's
Register of Wills
Adams County C E Societies Convene June Sixteen
The Adams County Christian Endeavor societies plan their annual convention June 16 at East Berlin Reformed Church with the theme Faithful Living. Miss Helen Sheely of Gettysburg presides. senior and junior programs feature sermons, music, addresses by Arch McQuilkin and others, and a banquet at 5 30 p m. Registration through Miss Kathleen Serff is requested.
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Adams County Christian Endeavor Societies
East Berlin
Charles Gentzler
Paul Reasel
Gettysburg
C. E
Houtz
Kathleen Serff
Jean Thomas
Biglerville
Mr. Houtz
Bolo
John Serff
Arch McQuilkin
Philadelphia
State C. E. Union
Dale Roth
Warren Hoopes
West Grove
State C. E
Bendiction
Paul Gladfelt
York Springs Grants Diplomas To Eighteen Graduates
In a full York Springs Lutheran church a total of eighteen students received diplomas. The graduates included Theodore Edward Ulbricht, Dorothy Tailor Chorley, Marian Pauline Coulson, Emma Elizabeth Harbold, and others. Frank C. Myers delivered the address, a York Springs native, Princeton graduate, and New York City attorney.
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York Springs Lutheran Church
High School
Theodore Edward Ulbricht
Dorothy Tailor Chorley
Marian Pauline Coulson
Donald Richard Ernst
Emma _ Elizabeth Harbold
Ralph Lloyd Hikes
Velma Viola Hykes
Pearl Evelyn Jones
Herbert Samuel Kennedy
Martha Della Mansberger
Harriette Ida Shank
Lloyd Daniel Shank
Ethel Mae Stambaugh
Missing Girls Reported to Police at Gettysburg
State police at Gettysburg were notified by Mrs. Mary Brannon that Myrtle Brannon 13 and Ruth Smith 13 are missing from their homes. The girls ran away a month ago and were found in Hanover and returned home. Trooper Hahn led a search after a report they were seen near Gettysburg, but nothing was found. They were to be promoted from eighth grade at transfer exercises last Tuesday.
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Gettysburg
Mary Brannon
Myrtle
Ruth Smith
Hanover
G. A. Hahn
Wife of York County man found dead in wood shed
Mrs Edward A. Blum a 67 year old resident of Pleasureville York county was found dead in the wood shed of her home Friday evening in a suicide suspected after she had been in failing health for years A note with her birth details was found with a Bible on a dresser She leaves a husband nine children and a son Elmer Blum of York.
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Edward A. Blum
Pleasureville
York County
Blum
York
Adams County Ministers Attend Lutheran Convention
Adams County ministers and laymen join the second annual Sunday school convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania at St Matthew's Lutheran Church Hanover this Thursday. Rev Walter D Guss of McSherrystown leads devotion at 10. Dr Walter C Waltemyer from the college faculty presents A Christ Centered Program. In the afternoon C C Culp of Gettysburg leads an administration conference. Mr Culp and Rev H W Sterner of Biglerville serve on the convention committee.
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Adams County
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of West Pennsylvania
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Hanover
Walter D. Guss
McSherrystown
Walter C. Waltemyer
C. C. Culp
St. James Lutheran Sunday School
Gettysburg
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